Dear All, In case you have a student who complains about being switched into another section of a Math class for the spring semester, please see Dr. Norman's e-mail response below. Thank you Rebecca and Patti for sharing with all advisors. Have a good afternoon - Sylvia From: Sandy Norman Sent: Wednesday, January 20, 2021 10:12 AM To: Rebecca Rivera <Rebecca.Rivera@utsa.edu<mailto:Rebecca.Rivera@utsa.edu>> Subject: RE: Switched Classes Without My Permission Rebecca, Yes. The department determined that in order to help reduce class sizes in the precalculus courses, something of demonstrable benefit to students, that we would split some of the current sections - creating a new section at the same time - and separate the students. The students should have been contacted by their instructors, though with the last minute rush, that might not have happened. If a student has an issue with the problem, he or she can contact the Dept. Chair - Dr. Gutierrez. I expect that you will get some other complaints, but students should realize that while they can try to choose the instructor they want, the department is responsible for delivering a course, not an instructor. It is not uncommon to have instructor switches at the last moment as we try to cover sections. I've cc'd Dr. Gutierrez and also Patti in case she'd like to pass on this information to other advisers . Best, Sandy From: Rebecca Rivera Sent: Wednesday, January 20, 2021 9:45 AM To: Sandy Norman <Sandy.Norman@utsa.edu<mailto:Sandy.Norman@utsa.edu>> Subject: FW: Switched Classes Without My Permission Hi Dr. Norman, Please see the email below. The Registrar informed me this was done by departmental request to balance out sections. Is that correct for this case? Were students that were moved sent a notification? Sincerely, Rebecca Rivera Academic Advisor I Math and Physical Sciences Advising One UTSA Circle San Antonio, TX 78249 210-458-6073 rebecca.rivera@utsa.edu<mailto:rebecca.rivera@utsa.edu> Students:Please be sure to include your Banner ID or MyUTSA ID when corresponding with UTSA officials [cid:image002.jpg@01D6EF13.F8DE3EA0] UTSA is closely monitoring the coronavirus. For more information: https://www.utsa.edu/coronavirus/<https://nam11.safelinks.protection.o... CONFIDENTIAL COMMUNICATION: This email and any file transmitted with it may contain confidential information intended solely for the use of the individual or entity to which it is addressed. If you are not the intended recipient or the delegate responsible for delivering the communication to the intended recipient, please be advised that you have received this communication in error and that any disclosure, copying, distribution, printing or use of this information is strictly prohibited; please notify the sender immediately of the error. Hello Mrs. Riverra, I had a question about my Precalculus class involving the UTSA registrar. I signed up for 1093.008 with professor David Fies with T/Th 1-2:15. However, without my permission, I was switched into a different class, 1093.014 with Dr. Gbenga Aniodun. I am pretty upset about this given that Mr. Fies had excellent ratings with a 4.7/5 and Dr. Abiodun has a very bad rating of 1.9/5 on RateMyProfessor. I am in his live lecture right now and I'm a little overwhelmed given that it seems like English isn't really his first language, he is stumbling over his words a lot and I just feel like I won't learn in this class. I'm just mainly upset that I was switched to a different class, not only without my permission, but I wasn't even given any sort of notification. I'm not the only student this happened to and I would really like a reason as to why this happened, and if I can I would like to be switched into the class that I signed up for and I am paying for. Please contact me back.